Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben From: ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: ASCII code for BREAK ??? Message-ID: Date: 18 Feb 91 13:27:11 GMT References: Lines: 30 >In article drues@iastate.edu (Michael E Drues) writes: >Can anyone tell me what ASCII code for "BREAK" is??? >I can't find it in ASCII table I have. > >Thanks, >mike > >-- >Michael Drues Dept. of Biomedical Engineering >Internet:drues@iastate.edu 1146 Veterinary Medicine >BITNET:v2.med@isumvs.bitnet Iowa State University >Office:(515)294-6520(or 4-1771) Home:(515)233-5652 Ames, Iowa 50011 If you're asking about sending a "break" over a modem line, it is not an ASCII character. A break simply holds the RS-232 send line active for a "long" time, usually ~1 sec, and is *not* a normal character consisting of start, stop, and data bits. Terminal programs usually have an option to set the length of a "break." Remote computers usually have thier own "break" characters to abort applications. On UNIX and MSDOS machines, it is a CTRL-C. On Primes, it is a CTRL-P. On Amigas it is a CTRL-C or a CTRL-D depending on the application. TRS-80's use a CTRL-A for break. CP/M uses a CTRL-C... -- ben@epmooch.UUCP ben%servalan.UUCP@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu {chinet,uokmax}!servalan!epmooch!ben (Ben Mesander) War in gulf: newpath 288 396 216 0 360 arc 288 612 moveto 288 180 lineto 288 396 moveto 136 244 lineto 288 396 moveto 440 244 lineto 36 setlinewidth stroke showpage